Designer's Notes: The Gryndel Menace
http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/06/designers-notes-gryndel-menace.html
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Gamemaster's Guidepost: Dungeon Fantasy CER-based Treasure
http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/06/gamemasters-guidepost-dungeon-fantasy_16.h...
2015-06-16 18:20:55 +0000 UTC View PostSick :-(
Guys, I'm sick as hell right now. It's why I didn't post Thursday. I was trying to shake it off...but it's going to take a bit. I'm sorry. I'll try to get back to regular posting by next weekend. Till...
2015-06-08 01:06:33 +0000 UTC View PostGURPS101: Air College Spells for Sorcery
Today's short and crunchy and full of air - it's all about air college spells for the Sorcery system from Pyramid #3/63: Infinite Worlds II by Jason "PK" Levine.
Carpe Blogiem: Character Creation Oddness
I muse on some things that have been going on in my campaign. Basically, players...
2015-06-03 00:58:56 +0000 UTC View PostGURPS101: More Human Than the Humans
http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/05/gurps101-more-human-than-humans.html
A couple...
2015-05-31 10:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostMelee Academy: The Feats of Samson
http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/05/melee-academy-feats-of-samson.html
"He was t...
2015-05-28 22:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostSicatra - The Bloodied and the Banal - Game Session 1
A play report from the vault. http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/05/sicatra-bloo...
2015-05-26 14:41:22 +0000 UTC View PostGURPS101: How to Build a Spell Thief
I like collecting ideas from the forums for my blog. Sometimes it's from someone who wants to see what I'll do with the topic, other times I openly ask folks what should I wrote about next. Sometimes,...
2015-05-25 02:28:53 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Special - May 2015 #2
Today’s Gamemaster’s Guidepost is yet another departure from the standard fare I’ve been producing. In fact, it’s a radical from anything I’ve ever posted on my blog. This is something that ...
2015-05-24 00:57:47 +0000 UTC View PostDesigner's Notes: The Vanishing Sun
My latest from Pyramid is out today - so here's some Designer's Notes. http://www.ravensnp...
2015-05-21 22:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostSicatra - Vengeance For the Fallen - Game Session 1
A session recap from the vault. http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/05/sicatra-vengeanc...
2015-05-19 17:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostGamemaster's Guidepost: You Need a +2 or Better Weapon
A few random thoughts about converting a classic form of RPG defense to GURPS. http:...
2015-05-14 16:07:59 +0000 UTC View PostGURPS101: Will as HP
An idea I got from the forums and expanded a bit. So how do you treat Will as HP? I have a few thoughts on the matter. 2015-05-12 16:42:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Sicatra - The Twisted Vault - Game Session 5
Another session recap from the vault. Today's Mother's Day so I'm off to tell She-Who-Spawned-Me how much I love her (hint: it's a lot). 2015-05-10 16:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The Hurt Locker: Metatronic Generators for Monster Hunters
Monster Hunter techies can always use a boost, so why not allow them to use the rules for Metatronic Generators from Pyramid #3/46: Weird Science? WHY NOT INDEED?! To celebrate the release of GURPS Mo...
2015-05-07 18:13:51 +0000 UTC View PostDesigner's Notes: Outlaws and Arrows
It don't matter if you're slinging guns or arrows or how outrageous the fortune, if you're in the Frontier your'e gonna need something to protect you. Well, that and a good plot to stop the thieves fr...
2015-05-06 00:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostGURPS101: Latin Isn't the Only Magical Language
What day is it? Is it time for another blog post? I think it is. Yeah, we're going to go with that. My glucose has been super-wonky and I haven't slept for five or six days straight now. So if this do...
2015-05-03 20:12:11 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Special - May 2015 #1
Today's Special is all about that ice, 'bout that ice (No, fire!). That's right, being a mage specializing in ice/cold magic you often get a bum rap. "Fire magus can burn things to a crisp!" "Fire mag...
2015-05-03 01:19:04 +0000 UTC View PostGamemaster's Guidepost: Bringing Newbies to GURPS
"No one plays GURPS near me!" "Maybe try to recruit some people?" "How do I do that? People think GURPS is too mathy!" "Then hide the math and show the fun!" No, seriously. Don't even tell them what ...
2015-04-30 17:31:12 +0000 UTC View PostGURPS101: Hordes, Hives, and Human Minds
Hive minds are tricky things in any game system, but more so in GURPS it seems. Here are a few thoughts I've had on the subject. Enjoy. 2015-04-28 05:31:31 +0000 UTC View Post
The Chronicles of Ceteri - Given up for Dead - Part I - Game Session 1
I found this lurking in the corners of my blog vault...it should have been published a while back. So here is another session report - though this isn't from my current campaign! 2015-04-26 23:43:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Designer's Notes: Cursed Thou Art
Some Designer's Notes for my latest Pyramid offering: "Cursed Thou Art." I ended up having to take a ton out after I slimmed its massive word count down from "unpublishable" to "barely publishable." S...
2015-04-23 22:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostPyramid Topics Query
Okay, Looks like we've hit the goal where you guys toss out topics for Pyramid articles and I just so happen to be filling my reserves for "ready to go" articles. So what do you want to see me write ...
2015-04-23 07:35:30 +0000 UTC View PostGamemaster's Guidepost: Overcoming GM's Block
GM's block sucks. It's happened to everyone at one time or another and anyone who says otherwise is trying to sell you a bill of goods. But how to get rid of it? Here are some of the methods I've used...
2015-04-21 22:23:05 +0000 UTC View PostSicatra - The Twisted Vault - Game Session 4
Another session report from the vault. Back to writing I go - enjoy! http://www.rav...
2015-04-19 18:33:46 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Special - April 2015 #2
"And you have my axe!" "...though I need to get it sharpened first." Off to the smithy, heigh-ho! So that was sudden..your PCs were set to go to the Death Mines of Deathy Deathiness, but are making a ...
2015-04-18 07:17:23 +0000 UTC View PostTriple threat: Nemean Lion
What's good enough for Heracles is good enough for you! Well, you don't have to complete all the labors - but that one with the lion doing eating people might be a good one. I take one of mythology's ...
2015-04-17 03:34:29 +0000 UTC View PostBook Review: GURPS High-Tech: Adventure Guns
A quickie post (I'm marshaling my forces from the word mines) about one of my favorite authors on a subject I'm rather fond of. 2015-04-14 06:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Sicatra - The Twisted Vault - Game Session 3
Another session report from the vault. Finally starting to catch up to the current session reports. 2015-04-12 12:53:16 +0000 UTC View Post